From the comments: Man charged with abuse of Carnel Chamberlain fuels heated discussion of justice

View full sizeYfat Yossifor | MLive.comAnthony Bennett is escorted out of the U.S. District Court in Bay City after a detention hearing Tuesday, July 3, 2012. Bennett, charged June 28 with abusing 4-year-old Carnel Chamberlain, will remain in custody throughout his trial following a decision at a detention hearing in U.S. District Court.

Chamberlain went missing on June 21 and was confirmed dead a week later by family members, who said police told them them his body was found badly burned underneath the porch of the home he was living in with his mother, Jaimee Chamberlain and Bennett, her now ex-boyfriend.

Readers have offered many opinions about the case as it proceeds in court.

It always irks me when these families, in situations like this, sure get t-shirts fast making some statement, instead of maybe being more involved in the first place, so maybe this wouldn't have happened.

tad58

That poor child never had a chance.

markus99fxst

It makes me sick that this child suffered at the hands of this worthless piece of garbage and the mother knew that he was abusing him and left him alone with the pile of excreament. She should be charged with child endangerment.

If Mr. Bennett went to jail in May why did she allow him back into her home when he got out of jail? She didn't even know the guy that long so to say that it was because of a long relationship wouldn't be a good excuse. Especially if one of the reasons for going back to jail had been because he had hit her....why let him come back?

ashlie

My opinion.. I think The mother should be put in jail also, All this time she known Anthony was abusing HER CHILD and did nothing about it, did not report it nor did she leave him!

What did Jaimee Chamberlain see in this loser? Was it the feather tattoo on the side of his face? Or was it his total disregard for the law that turned her on? Somehow I get the feeling that the only accomplishment in Jaimee’s life was giving birth to the wonderful young man named Carnel.

RxLink

Whatever happened to innocent till proven guilty?

I am not saying he didn't do it. We just don't know the facts yet.

And it seems to me that all of you on this page and other regarding this scumbag are ready to bust out a rope and hang this guy right now don't even wait for a trial.

Myself I will wait to lash out judgments till after all is laid out on the table. After all this is America and he is innocent till proven guilty.

msc1230

I still say that every abuser should be tortured and maimed in the same fashion as what they inflicted on their victims as punishment for their crimes . yep, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

sgatza

I think this woman was an accessory 1st by letting this man meet her kids so soon, wait a year or so. 2nd by letting him "watch" her son after she caught him abusing her son. She desreves to be punished as well for endangering her son, it is her job as a parent to protect the innocent little ones. Goes to show anyone can be a mother or a father not everyone can be a dad or a mom.